4:00 AM Flash: Dollar Tumbles as U.S.-Iran Deal Hopes Send Gold Surging
4:00 AM Flash: Good morning everyone. At four AM Eastern, here's your market snapshot. The dollar is falling sharply on growing optimism about a potential U.S.-Iran nuclear deal. Gold has jumped to four thousand five hundred forty seven. Oil is trading at ninety eight dollars. Bitcoin is currently at seventy four thousand six hundred eighty three. European gas prices are already down five percent on the same optimism, while eurozone government bond yields are falling fast. This developing story is the clear driver this morning, with safe havens rallying and risk assets finding support on hopes that tensions in the Middle East could ease significantly. In other news, Morocco is actively encouraging tourists to visit Western Sahara, a move some analysts say is designed to tighten its de facto control over the disputed territory. Kirby Corporation continues to cash in on the artificial intelligence boom, while investors are taking a fresh look at Etsy after its latest gross merchandise sales and inventory light business model impressed analysts. This is Miss Vicky from the Options Desk at VixShield, where it's not news till we talk about it. Stay with us as Russell Clark joins with more analysis.